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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Blocked access
From:       Tom Wesley <tawesley () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2003-12-19 14:59:29
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Xinhao Qu wrote:
> Hi, List
> 
> I find myself blocked when I try to su from a normal user
> to root, even if the password is absolutely correct. I guess
> this must have something to do with having made some typo when
> entering passwords. The username must have been blacklisted 
> since then. I looked up man pages of su and suauth to find a 
> way to lift the restriction. However, there isn't such a file
> "/etc/suauth" in my system. What's the mechanism behind this 
> (the su blockage)? What's the correct way to solve my problem?
> 
> Thanks & regards
> Xinhao
> 

Your user needs to be a member of the wheel group.


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